Hello,

I’m looking for a pair of hiking boots to walk on snow without slipping or losing grip. I rarely go in the woods, I’m planning to buy these boots mostly for city/urban walking when there’s snow out there. I live in Italy, so USA stuff is hard/impossible/expensive to get.

USAGE: For example, when it’s snowing I’d like to bring my nephews/nieces to play outside, launch snowballs to each other, build snowman’s etc We’d usually stay in an urban enviroment but sometimes we also go near a more off-road, very small little mini woods.

Another occasion I’d like to have them is to walk around with my partner while it’s snowing to enjoy it.

Basically the time usage would be one afternoon length usually, afternoon till mid evening at max.

The last usage would to actually commute around during snow days/heavy rain days.

They’d be use at best 1-5 times a year

In case you may think “You don’t need hiking/snow boots for this”: While I understand that some may say that for these activities I don’t even need hiking boots, but I’d feel more at ease to have then on my feet rather than not. I used to use full leather boots, blackstone ones, and they’re hella good, but I slipped once and broke an arm last year, it was painful and I got pretty scared. I’m clumsy so it may as well have been my fault, but I’d just feel more safe with some more sturdy, grippier hiking boots in these situation after that experience.

I was about to purchase Lowa Renegade Evo GTX Mid, then I discovered about PU midsole and read the hydrolysis page on their website and got hella scared of making the wrong purchase…am I overreacting?

Could you guys help me pick a pair that fits my needs?